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moonlit

/ˈmuːnˌlɪt/

moonlit adjective: lit by moonlight.

Adjective

moonlit (comparative more moonlit, superlative most moonlit)

  1. Lit by moonlight.
    • Near-synonym: moonful
    • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    moonless

moonlit meaning in Urdu, Assamese and Arabic

moonlit in Urdu

چاند سے منور

moonlit in Assamese

moonlit
জোনাকী zünaki

moonlit in Arabic

lit by moonlight
مُقْمِر muqmir

Examples of moonlit in a sentence

  • Rustlings and cheepings came to him across that still, moonlit yard.
  • The following is a guide to biohacking your brain and body into sweeter slumbers, from moonlit rituals to bedside staples.
  • One last moonlit flight before turning in for the night.

All 10 example sentences with moonlit

Synonyms of moonlit

Antonyms

Forms of moonlit

comparativemore moonlit
superlativemost moonlit
alternative formmoon-lit

Origin of moonlit

From moon + lit. Compare Saterland Frisian mouneljoacht (“moonlit”), West Frisian moanneljocht (“moonlit”), Dutch maanverlicht (“moonlit”), Danish månelys (“moonlit”), Swedish månljus (“moonlit”).

Questions about moonlit

What does moonlit mean?
Moonlit means lit by moonlight.
What is moonlit in Urdu?
Moonlit in Urdu is چاند سے منور. See Moonlit meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is moonlit?
Moonlit is an adjective.
How do you pronounce moonlit?
Moonlit is pronounced /ˈmuːnˌlɪt/.

Words near moonlit in the dictionary

  1. moonlights
  2. moonlighty
  3. moonlike
  4. moonling
  5. moonlings
  6. moonlit
  7. moonlitten
  8. moonly
  9. moonman
  10. moonmen
  11. moonmilk

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moonlit (page history and authors); moonlit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জোনাকী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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